Psalm 94:5

They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thine heritage.

Cross-references

Psalm 94:14 Parallel

Psalm 94:14 promises God will not forsake his heritage — directly answering the oppression described in verse 5.

Psalm 14:4 Parallel

Psalm 14:4 says evildoers 'eat up my people as bread,' directly paralleling the crushing and afflicting of God's heritage in Psalm 94:5.

Psalm 44:22 Parallel

Psalm 44:22 says God's people are killed all day long, directly paralleling the affliction of the heritage in Psalm 94:5.

Psalm 79:2 Parallel

Psalm 79:2 describes enemies giving servants' bodies to birds — a vivid picture of crushing God's people.

Psalm 79:3 Parallel

Psalm 79:3 adds bloodshed and no burial — intensifying the violence against God's heritage.

Psalm 79:7 Parallel

Psalm 79:7 says enemies devoured Jacob and laid waste his habitation — same crushing of God's people.

Psalm 129:3 Parallel

Psalm 129:3 uses plowing on the back as a metaphor — a graphic parallel to crushing God's people.

Psalm 72:4 Contrast

Psalm 72:4 prays for the king to crush the oppressor — a reversal of the wicked's crushing in Psalm 94:5.

Psalm 74:8 Parallel

In Psalm 74:8, the enemies burn God's meeting places — a specific act of crushing His heritage.

Psalm 7:2 Parallel

Psalm 7:2 describes enemies tearing like a lion, paralleling the crushing of God's people in Psalm 94:5.

Psalm 74:19 Parallel

Psalm 74:19 pleads for God not to abandon His dove to beasts — echoing the oppression of His people.

Psalm 74:20 Related theme

Psalm 74:20 notes violence in dark places — reinforcing the theme of oppression against God's heritage.

Psalm 129:2 Contrast

Psalm 129:2 recalls affliction from youth but notes deliverance — similar oppression with hope.

Jeremiah 50:11 condemns those who pillage God's inheritance, directly paralleling the oppression of God's people in Psalm 94:5.

Revelation 17:6 depicts Babylon drunk on the blood of saints, a NT parallel to the pattern of oppressing God's people in Psalm 94:5.

Jeremiah 51:34 has Babylon devouring and crushing Israel, directly echoing 'they crush your people' in Psalm 94:5.

Micah 3:2 Parallel

Micah 3:2 accuses leaders of tearing skin from God's people, a vivid parallel to the crushing oppression in Psalm 94:5.

Micah 3:3 Parallel

Micah 3:3 intensifies the image—eating flesh, breaking bones—matching the violent oppression of God's inheritance in Psalm 94:5.

Exodus 2:23 Parallel

Exodus 2:23 records Israel's groaning under Egyptian slavery, the same kind of crushing of God's people described in Psalm 94:5.

Isaiah 3:15 Parallel

Isaiah 3:15 directly uses 'crushing my people' and 'grinding the faces of the poor' — a near-identical accusation.

Exodus 2:24 Parallel

Exodus 2:24 shows God hearing their cry and remembering His covenant—the divine response to the oppression in Psalm 94:5.

Jeremiah 22:17 condemns a king focused on dishonest gain and oppression, mirroring the crushing of God's people in Psalm 94:5.

Job 34:24 Parallel

Job 34:24 shows God shattering the mighty — the same oppressors who crush God's people will face divine judgment.

Isaiah 52:5 Related theme

Isaiah 52:5 laments that God's people are taken away and His name despised — another instance of oppression.